The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-23


day school.
Bartow's new paper, the Advance Gazette,
is proving one Of the best weeklies published
in Florida. 1t is bound to command patron
age if there is anything in merit.
At Orlando Charles Rock has sold out his
interest in the grocery and baking business
to b. B. Campbell, and contemplates going
to Bohemia to spend the rest Of his days.
DR.. j. H. Smith & Bro. of Orlando, have
recently erected six neat cottages on their
property in the southwestern part OF the
city, and intend to put up two more at an
early date
O. n Chase, the builder and hitherto
owner of the San Leon Hotel at Sanford,
has sold that property to A. C.. Martin, of
Sanford, receiving III exchange therefor
sixteen valuable lots on French avenue
There was a running race Monday after
noon on Lake Eola between Dandy, of
lance 300 yards for purse of 300. Dandy,
Of Texas, won by distance Of fifty-two
feet.
Porter Hardy, general secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association in
Petersburg, Va, has accepted the call of the
Young Mems Christian Association at Or
lando to act as general secretary of the as
ISOLATION in that city.
John G. Sinclair's loss by the burning Of
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| Orlando has been adjusted by the insIlr-
ance companies. He was insured for $1,000;
| $1,000 worth Of furniture was saved and
the companies adjusted his loss at 81, 716.
A colored man in Orlando by the name of
| Thurman three weeks ago swallowed by
mistake caustic potash, thereby producing
structure Of the throat, and was unable to
take food of any kind for several days, OK
cept liquids through tube inserted in his
| 10 hoe oh nlN- r.afaf -a1
The officers of the Mascotte struck it rich
in the last drawing of the Havana lottery.
Capt Hanlon held tickets No. 6 for $1,000
and No. $40 for $500 The handsome and
deserving Capt. B. F. Hall, first officer
held ticket No. 6,494 for $1,000. Capts
Hanlon aud Hall held tickets together Nos.
4, 169 and 4, 10, each drawing $500
At Palatka Wednesday Judge Haughton,
after the trial of Cesar White, Dan Albert
and Henry Waite, charged with burglariz-
ing the warehouse OF Gardner, Eaton & CO.,
committed the parties to Jail 10 await trial
at the Circuit Court in default of $500 bail.
Jim Gainor was also held in $500 bail as q
witness against the above named parties.
Engineer Hoyt, after getting down about
90 feet, has at last, with 3-inch pipe, struck
pure, clear water on the college building
grounds at Barlow. About a feet below
the surface they struck about 1-2 feet of
rock, and then through a strata of pipe clay
| to another bed of rock some s or 10 feet
thick, and at last on Monday struck water
Capt. d. Hughes, of Barlow, has an ideal
Florida house. Each bedroom is front
4 room and has six windows, four opening on
the piazza Every door and window has a
screen door. All the rooms in the house,
from kitchen to parlor, are light, airy and
perfectly finished. His park will, when fin
ished, be one of the most beautiful in the
State.
At Pensacola Thursday Officer Touart
picked up one of the sailors from the Yantic
who, in drunken stupor, had fallen asleep
on the beach, the water at that time cover
ing the mans body nearly to the shoulders.
The tide was rapidly coming in and a little
longer, in all probability, would have suf-
feed for the approaching sea to cover and
drown the man.
A small child of Mrs. L. A Myers, living
on the outskirts of Orlando, came very near
being fatally poisoned last Thursday. The
mother had purchased a quantity of fly pa
I'per, and having put some syrup on it had
placed it in the room for the purpose of
catching the flies therein. The child, being
attracted by the syrup, ate a portion of it,
and would doubtless have died from its eff
fects had it not been for the timely admins
.tration of an antidote by Dr. j. n Butt.
The long talked of railroad from Orlando
to Winter Park promises to become re-
allied fact at an early date. The work of
grading has already been begun, and the road
will be pushed to completion as rapidly as
Il possible, more than 100 laborers having been
employed and are at work. 1t is estimated
that the road will be completed by July /,
and that trains will be running between the
two cities at least as soon as Sept. l. The
road when completed will cost about $40
900. Nearly all of the stock has been sold
Mr.. Barnum, who recently sold his beau
tiful place on Lake, Arietta to Warren Tyler,
of Barlow, has been shipping Strawberries
ever since January, from little patch of
about five-eighthS of an acre, and will ship
for several weeks more On April 0 be
shipped60 quarts; on April II, 40 quarts,
and on April Is had 30 quarts ready for
shipment, but donated them to q party of
ID invaders. In addition Mr.. Barnum has
/ used a great many in his family and fur
|, nished his neghbors, festivals and the Bar
tow market right along.
The large dry goods house of A H. Rirn-
baum, at Orlando, was closed last Monday
} evening by the Sheriff upon attachments
made by New York creditors. The entire
liabilities of the firm are about S25, 800 and
J the assets, it is thought, will reach that
) amount, if not more, if they can be handled
III the proper manner, subsequently the
b attachments were dissolved by Alien N Rose.
attorneys, and suit instituted against the
bondsmen of those who attached TO recover
! damages to the amount of over s., 900.
| Since the attachments have been dissolved
; Mr.. Birnbaum has made an assignment, with
Thomas G. Grey as assignee,
Tuesday night one of Palatka's citizens
was rudely awakened by feeling something
that seemed cold and clammy crawling over
him He had not been drinking but that
fact did not keep him from thinking OF
! snakes, nor did it lessen the energy of the
jump from the bed to the floor, nor the
aching of his head by suddenly and violently
: coming in contact with the bed-post. With
: trembling hands he struck light to see who
and what the intruder was, when he dis
covered two little white rats, which had es-
capped from their cage where his little daugh.
ter had them confined To say that the
, gentlemen was mad states the case very
muddy, and he has declared that ''the rascals
l shall 60.
; The Jacksonville Times Union's Tallahas-
see correspondent says: st is talked here
; sub rosa that Senator Mann, who has now
practically become the leader of the Perry
forces, has made deal with the Republi-
cans by which all the Republican votes. ex-
cept the three colored members from Leon
county are to bc delivered TO Perry. II
this is 50 it is expected that the Perry men
will soon move to rescind the resolution